Not welcome home. Lakewood police received a report Nov. 16 of threatening text messages coming from a patient at St. Anthony Hospital, 11600 W. Second Place. A woman said her boyfriend was being released and sent some “very mean” texts, including one that said, “I hope the next person you wind up with beats you.” The man was arrested.
Stealing from work. Police responded to Home Depot, 7200 W. Colfax Ave., on Nov. 15 after an employee was caught stealing from the till. The clerk was seen on security footage three times pocketing $100 bills. When confronted, he said he was using the cash to buy medicine for his mom. He was cited.
In search of a better camera angle. A man was ticketed for criminal mischief Nov. 15 behind King Soopers, 12043 W. Alameda Parkway. Three men were skateboarding there when security saw one cut a hole in the store’s fence and stick a video camera through. The man said he was trying to get a good camera angle on the skateboarding.
Time to pull over. On Nov. 14, police were called to West Florida Avenue and South Chase Street for a disturbance. According to one man, he was driving with his girlfriend and her father when he and the father started arguing. The father pulled the car over and hit the man. The man then punched the father twice. He was jailed on an unrelated warrant.
Busted at school. An 18-year-old was cited with marijuana possession Nov. 13 after pot was found in her car at Bear Creek High School, 9800 W. Dartmouth Place. A police dog “hit” on the car while searching the student parking lot.
